Location/Office Hours:The Tehama County
Sheriff’s Department’s Civil Office is located at 22840 Antelope Boulevard, Red Bluff, CA
96080. Office hours are 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday. The Civil
Office serves process in all cities in Tehama County in addition to the
unincorporated areas of the county. The office is closed on weekends and
holidays. The public telephone number is (530) 529-7930.

Mission
Statement:The
mission of the Civil Office is to serve all process in a reasonable and timely
manner, while maintaining an impartial position between all parties involved.

Instructions
Information:
All documents must be accompanied by a letter of instruction, signed and dated
by the attorney of record or the plaintiff if there is no attorney. The
instructions must include the name of the person to be served and the physical
address where service is to be made.

A wage levy
requires an application for earnings withholding order instead of a letter of
instruction. The applications & forms are available in our office.

Service
Requirement:
For all services, we require a copy of the document, front and back, for each
person to be served plus an additional copy for our file. For levies and
evictions, we require the original writ of execution plus three copies, front
and back. Please include more copies if you have more than one levy. All fees
will be collected in advance. The appropriate fee or a fee waiver must accompany
all documents.

All fees are
per service. Two defendants equal two services, even if they are at the same
address, therefore, you would be charged for two separate services.

Disbursement of
Funds:
Pursuant to California Code of Civil Procedures Section 706.026, levy monies
received by the Sheriff are disbursed at least once every 15 days.

Eviction
Procedure:
Evictions are usually completed on Wednesdays of each week.

To complete an
eviction, we require the original writ of possession plus three copies, and a
letter of instruction. The letter of instructions must be signed by the attorney
of record or plaintiff if there is no attorney. No one else may sign the
instructions. A fee of $145.00 is required. A lockout date and time will be
established at the time of receipt of the writ of possession. We will then
contact you or your agent via telephone to advise you of the date and time that
you are to meet us at the property to perform the eviction.

Sheriff’s Fees:
The Sheriff’s Office is entitled to its fees whether or not the service is
complete. We cannot guarantee that our service will always be successful (CA
Govt. Code § 26736 & § 26738). All fees will be paid prior to performing any
service (CA Govt. Code § 6103.2). In addition, CA Govt. Code § 26746 provides
for the Sheriff a $12.00 assessment to be collected from the judgment debtor on
each disbursement of money paid to a judgment creditor.

Legal Advice:
The Sheriff cannot give out personal or legal advice or answer any questions,
which are legal in nature. If you have a legal question, please contact an
attorney.

Civil Division - Fee
Schedule

Per California Legislative Assembly Bill Number AB2256, effective January 1,
2015 Civil Service Fees have increased. Revised civil service fees are as follows:

Evictions (Writ of Possession of Real Property)

$145.00 ($85.00 for posting/service; $60.00 for restoring possession of
property)

Earning’s Withholding Order (Writ of Execution)

$35.00

Civil
Subpoenas for Deputies

$275.00 deposit per Deputy

All
other basic civil services

$40.00 per person per service

Cancellation of service prior to completion

$40.00

Service of Writ for immediate possession of property

$100.00

Opening of a safe-deposit box

$135.00

Serving or posting of additionally required notices or orders

$20.00 each

Fee
for keeping and carrying for property under a Writ of Attachment, Execution,
Possession, or Sale

$140.00 when necessarily employed for any 8-hour period or portion thereof.
Fees for any additional keeper (s) shall be the same, but no keeper shall
receive more than $300.00 per 24-hour period

Fee
for maintaining custody of property by use of a keeper

$40.00 per day after the first day

Copy
of any writ, process, paper, order or notice that was actually made by the
requestor when required or demanded